Meeting people on the computer?
A young lady was straightening up the toy department and shot me a *Weeble down the aisle to the paint department that I was supposed to be straightening.
That’s how to meet in 1980 at Kmart.
*You know, Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.
I met my wife as like the 3rd person I met in Ohio for 8th grade. We were just friends until we were 19. I was kind of the local hooligan and she was a member of the upstanding well off local family in a small town.
My wife fell. Like, seriously going to bust her head kind of falling. I caught her.
That's seriously how we met.
I met my wife online, went to a beer festival on our first date, and i never really drank beer before that.
So 2 great things popped into my life that day
I met my wife through newspaper personal ads...it was pre-internet explosion.
logdog said:I yell at the tv every time I see her carrying the saw that way.
I ran a saw for a living. That way is fine if the guard is secured. Otherwise it's a little hard on the carotid.
Red flag terms for online dating:
Strong, independent woman
I love to travel
My children will always come first
I want a man who will sweep me off my feet
Has cats
ddavidv said:Red flag terms for online dating:
Strong, independent woman
I love to travel
My children will always come first
I want a man who will sweep me off my feet
Has cats
Oh berk. You just described 90% of the ads I've seen. I mean that my friend has seen. Yeah, that's it.
Dating in your 30s is berkeleying horrible 
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My dad's family were all farmers and none of the farmers I ever met look anything like the people in those ads. Neither did the women who were looking to marry them, lol.
My wife and I met in home room, 10th grade.
Grizz said:I tried online dating. It's a really great way to get insulted by poor, fat, and ugly women for being poor and fat and ugly without even having to leave the comfort of your home.
10/10 highly recommend.
Fixed it for you
Actually, I went to Tractor Supply yesterday and the young woman in line in front of me convinced me that, if single, this is the site I would go to first! (Shhh, don't tell my wife I said that.)
Dating in your 40's is worse.
Dating in your 30s is berkeleying horrible
Met my wife in 10th grade when i cheated off her in biology class.
Internet dated in college (did not end well). Almost got married to one until she had her tubes tied at 27.
Met up with my wife at a pyramid scheme meeting, got drunk, wound up waking up by a lake in the bed of my truck.
Married her less than a year later.
So, high school and pyramid schemes do work!
stanger_missle said:
Coruscantians just don't get it!
In reply to RossD :
It was Match that my wife and I met on as well- she got the better deal as far as paying for the service (she never did, she and a few girlfriends had signed up for the free trial on a whim) but I got the better deal on the whole. 
Our paths would never have crossed otherwise except possibly for passing on the street and probably not paying a bit of heed to the other.
I love them hoes.
My brother had some fun and met some entertaining women on the Farmers Only site. Granted many were big ol country girls but he did meet some quite interesting people that were into the country lifestyle. Of course as a country veterinarian, farmer, country musician, horse enthusiast he was a pretty popular Target. He had to c u l l a lot but one in particular was really interesting. Lived in Nashville, really hot and was a producer and set designer for a television series. Nothing came out of any of his encounters but good times.
Post-divorce and 5 years of chasing women half my age made me weary. I finally met my current squeeze through our time website that specialized in women over 50. Much more sane and found that an age-appropriate woman was a much better fit for an aging geezer. We've been together for 7 years now and having a ball.
This following story of a mathematics grad student who reverse-engineered OKcupid in order to get lots of dates is a wonderful listen.
Told by the man himself.
My wife and I recently saw the commercials for the first time. We thought it was a joke at first...
Robbie said:This following story of a mathematics grad student who reverse-engineered OKcupid in order to get lots of dates is a wonderful listen.
Told by the man himself.
OKCupid does a bunch of datamining on their own, actually. It's pretty interesting analysis. It's why we put bronze wheels on some of our shop Miatas - it's better to be controversial than cute. Angelina Jolie beats Kristen Bell when it comes to getting attention.
My wife and I met because she saw my '66 Cadillac at the FM Open House. She was there because her sister was the friend of one of our mechanics. She said she had to meet the guy with the Caddy, blind date ensued and we got married a couple of years later.
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:Dating in your 40's is worse.
Dating in your 30s is berkeleying horrible
If I'm still single in my 40s, I'm just giving up and dating myself.
stanger_missle said:ddavidv said:Red flag terms for online dating:
Strong, independent woman
I love to travel
My children will always come first
I want a man who will sweep me off my feet
Has cats
Oh berk. You just described 90% of the ads I've seen. I mean that my friend has seen. Yeah, that's it.
Dating in your 30s is berkeleying horrible
No kidding . I had already sworn off women forever even before my ex asked for a divorce. If this current situation wasnt everything that it was, I would be actively single on purpose.
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:Dating in your 40's is worse.
Dating in your 30s is berkeleying horrible
Wait till your 50's.
You come last, after the kids, grandkids and the dog.
MGTOW
ddavidv said:Red flag terms for online dating:
Strong, independent woman
I love to travel
My children will always come first
I want a man who will sweep me off my feet
Has cats
Add to that:
Loves adventure (pay for me to go to places and/or DRUGS berkeley YES!!!!!!!!)
Loves being unpredictable (probably has killed a few boyfriends and WOOHOO DRUGS!!!!!)
Trying something new ( when you meet her youll understand why in person is not a strong suit to set her hooks into you)
Probably sounds more cynical than i meant but the truth. I had a few odd ones, one sent me nudes as a hello, another said she loved my profile until she saw i liked rock music and only country music is REAL music (seriously....why send that?) but there are some good ones. I got out of a terrible relationship, put up my profile and the first recommended was my now wife, i was like " Who is this and why are you so pretty?".
Internet dating isnt weird anymore, its actually sort of smart. In my case im busy as hell, bars are sad, i dont go to church and lived in a small town. The chances of running into someone decent at the local gas station was slim and i never would have met my wife otherwise.
Although one of those weird serendipitous moments in life......my band played a race and she was just down the hill from us and remembered hearing a rock band about 9 years ago and never got a chance to walk up to see my band
Truth be told, I met my last girlfriend on OKCupid. I had just moved to Florida from the dumpster fire of my marriage. I decided to give online dating a shot since I'm a shy, unconfident dude. I had a few bites. One woman I "dated" for 7 months but only saw 4 times. She lived almost 2 hours away and could never come see me; I always had to go to her. We went to dinner twice but the other times I had to come to her house after her two kids (6 and 16) went to bed. Nothing ever happened. I was hoping something was going to happen but she was stringing me along. I broke up with her over the phone and she told me she was hoping we would of gotten married (yikes!!!). Run away!
The girlfriend I had after that was much better. She was Latina, a bartender at a classy cocktail joint and was an absolute blast to be with. We were together 2 years then the military sent me to Idaho. I wanted her to come with me. She had lived in her hometown her entire life and was sick of it. At the last minute, she backed out. After that the relationship faltered. She would only text me to ask for money or to bitch about work. After 2 more years of that, I just stopped talking to her. Kind of a dick move on my part but I couldn't do it anymore.
That was 3 years ago. The dating pool where I was at was very shallow and putrid. Lots of trashy women with herds of children chasing young GIs for the bennies.
Now I'm back in Florida. I make more than I ever had in my life. I'm older (and fatter and greyer) than I was before down here. Nobody wants a divorced 37 year old with two kids that is a bit overweight and is greying haha. Especially the young hot women that are all over down here 
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